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And if so... is The Cradle basically the Prime Material, or a place that is destined to be as such? I know there was this "olympus" sort of thing to it, but it seems like the GM might have to set up a material plane if nobody else will.

The Cradle is more like, in D&D cosmology, the Plane of Concordant Opposition. I assumed the planet/s are the equivalent of the Prime. We don't seem to have planes of that sort, anyway.

We've got a night sky (the void filled with stars) with one nebula, and a single planet with a sun and a moon. We have the Cradle, which can be the basis for any physical outer-plane type constructions people might want to make (we can relax the restriction on mortal trespassing on the central fragment later - they can go on the outer shards anyway). On the orb, we have wind and skies and weather, and one sea in a crater.

Before we create any of the lower life forms, we should probably flesh things out a bit - more seas on the orb, more godhomes in the cradle (for those who want them), etc. There're also the shadow and fairy realms that Jacques and Salt are making. If it's not natural, though, we can always fill in stuff later - underworlds will probably have to wait until we have intelligent mortals, for example.

I guess I could make some elementals or whatnot, just to get things rolling.

Last time we ended up with sort of elemental-type things under the gods' control before actual life, didn't we? I think this is a good idea. It gets things moving, and will also provide some incentive to make the orb more hospitable to living things.

I've created the Sar. They're giant crystaline spheres (about 60 meters in diameter) that fly through the air. They have a high intelligence (albeit one that would be distinctly alien to people like us), and a burning curiosity. In later ages, they will often appear and survey the workings of other lifeforms. They are insanely dangerous (to mortal types) but extremely hard to rouse to anger. There are seventeen of them, and they do not reproduce. If they are all shattered, that will be the end of them. They have free will up to a point, but Solar can and will override that if circumstances dictate the need.

Would there be any room for a deity of Rest and Relaxation in this game? I may not be able to contribute much in the next week or so (half-yearly exams) but afterwards I should be able to contribute a lot more freely.

I was thinking that Rest and Relaxation would focus on the growth and regeneration through rest and meditative (Clear and tranquil mindedness, as opposed to the more erratic creative and imaginative thoughts) arts, myself. Something like:

Rank: Somewhere in between Major and Minor status at the moment
Titles: the Cureall, Tranquility, PeaceGrower, Surefire
Symbol: On the simplified end of things, a gentle concave up line representing the calm, stable earth, on the more complicated end, a set of scales or an intricate but balanced pattern of vines stretching out to eight evenly spaced points.
Alignment: Neutral. He is a calm, pleasant god with no particular animosity towards any other deity. At least, not yet.
Portfolio: Rest (major), Calmness (major), Earth (minor)

Ok, I'm throwing in with The Loop, a dual god of Balance (with Justice/Judgment overtones). I've also created a species of white eagle/hawk-like birds named Silverwings, and a bat-like species named Onyxes. They intend to keep good or evil from getting too strong over the other.

Ok, I'm throwing in with The Loop, a dual god of Balance (with Justice/Judgment overtones). I've also created a species of white eagle/hawk-like birds named Silverwings, and a bat-like species named Onyxes. They intend to keep good or evil from getting too strong over the other.

I was under the impression that balance and judgment were under Eternal's domain. Not too mention "good" and "evil" are pretty subjective.

Ok, I'm throwing in with The Loop, a dual god of Balance (with Justice/Judgment overtones). I've also created a species of white eagle/hawk-like birds named Silverwings, and a bat-like species named Onyxes. They intend to keep good or evil from getting too strong over the other.

I was under the impression that balance and judgment were under Eternal's domain. Not too mention "good" and "evil" are pretty subjective.

No problems here. Gomac certainly made an entrance. Also, anything that adds to the net heat of the universe is okay by the Solar. He'd be more or less happy if everyone just sat around belching fire all day and giggling.

Ooh, you might be a little late on that one too. Gomec has Earth as a minor domain. Sorry man. But if you want to take over as the earth deity, Gomec can focus on his meditation and strengthening practises.

Unless I'm wrong, there's no simple god of magic..There is no clear god of war. Violence, destruction, healing, shit like that is all up for grabs. You could be a god of prophecy, I've taken the domain as far as it extends to visions in dreams.

A god of good or evil..while not so easily defined, you could craft your own moralities.

I'm not sure whether I love or hate McGlitch for sciencing everything up.

It's a severe thing one way or the other, but I'm not certain which.

Trust me, if I wanted to science it up I'd make a God of Evolution or a God of Quantum Physics/String Theory. :p I didn't actually think of the stuff I had Gomec do as scientific, more like setting some forces in motion that the gods would manipulate according to their will.